Are You Being Served? (TV Series)

Cold Comfort (1974)

Nicholas Smith: Mr. Rumbold

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Quotes 

• [Mrs. Slocombe has been reprimanded by Captain Peacock for wearing ill-fitting long underwear to keep warm] 

  Mrs. Slocombe : Mr. Rumbold, I'm so sorry to disturb you, but Captain Peacock asked me to remove these, so I said I'd ask you.

  Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : You appear to have got them halfway down already. Where exactly are they stuck?

  Mrs. Slocombe : No, no. They're not stuck. I just want to know how you feel about them.

  Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : To be perfectly frank, they don't do anything for me.

  Mrs. Slocombe : They're not supposed to do anything for you! They're supposed to be keeping me warm.

  Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : I see. And are they?

  Mrs. Slocombe : Yes.

  Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : Then what's the problem?

  Mrs. Slocombe : Do you mind if I don't take them off?

  Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : I would prefer it.

  Mrs. Slocombe : Thank you.

  Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : Always glad to be of assistance.

  [Mrs. Slocombe leaves] 

  Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : [frowns]  I wonder what the problem was.

• [first lines] 

  Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : Oh, good morning, ladies.

  Elsie , Gladys : Morning.

  Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : How are we this morning?

  Elsie : Me shammy's gone stiff.

• Young Mr. Grace : Good morning, everybody.

  Captain Peacock , Mrs. Slocombe , Mr Humphries , Mr. Dick Lucas , Miss Shirley Brahms , Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold , Mr. Ernest Grainger : Good morning, Mr. Grace.

  Young Mr. Grace : I think you've all done very well, working in these cold conditions.

  Captain Peacock , Mrs. Slocombe , Mr Humphries , Mr. Dick Lucas , Miss Shirley Brahms , Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold , Mr. Ernest Grainger : Thank you, Mr. Grace.

• Young Mr. Grace : Carry on. You've all done very well.

  Captain Peacock , Mrs. Slocombe , Mr Humphries , Mr. Dick Lucas , Miss Shirley Brahms , Mr. Ernest Grainger , Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : Thank you, Mr. Grace.

• Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : I do wish you'd wait for me to say "come in" before you come in, Captain Peacock!

• Young Mr. Grace : I've brought you good news.

  Mr. Dick Lucas : We've just had good news. We're going home.

  Young Mr. Grace : I've just had the heating turned on again.

  Mrs. Slocombe : But I thought there was no fuel left.

  Young Mr. Grace : Well, you see, I happen to own the Wharfside Coke Company.

  Mr. Dick Lucas : [dismayed]  How very fortuitous, Mr. Grace.

  Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold : But I thought your men were all on strike, Mr. Grace.

  Young Mr. Grace : Ah, yes, yes, but I've sacked the men and had the warehouse chopped up. That should keep our boilers going for a bit.

  Mr. Dick Lucas : That's the way to treat the workers, Mr. Grace.